- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Patten, Maine, USA
- Died
- December 8, 1954
Gladys George
Gladys George was an American actress. George went on the stage at the age of 3 and toured the United States, appearing with her parents. She starred on stage in the 1920s, although she had made several films in the early part of that decade. She starred in Personal Appearance, a comedy by Lawrence Riley. This role was reprised by Mae West in the classic film, Go West, Young Man, which West adapted from the play. In 1936 George was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Valiant Is the Word for Carrie. George's Broadway credits include The Distant City, Lady in Waiting, and The Betrothal. Her only other first billed roles were in Madame X (1937) and Love is a Headache.[6] She also appeared in The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Way of All Flesh (1940), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and He Ran All the Way (1951). She played the widow of Miles Archer (Iva Archer) in The Ma…
Filmography
movieIt Happens Every Thursday
1953 · Mrs. Holmes
tvMr. & Mrs. North
1952
tvHopalong Cassidy
1952
movieSilver City
1951 · Mrs. Barber
movieDetective Story
1951 · Miss Hatch
movieHe Ran All the Way
1951 · Mrs. Robey
movieLullaby of Broadway
1951 · Jessica Howard
movieUndercover Girl
1950 · Liz
movieBright Leaf
1950 · Rose
movieFlamingo Road
1949 · Lute Mae Sanders
movieAlias a Gentleman
1948 · Madge Parkson
movieMillie's Daughter
1947 · Millie Maitland
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Hortense Derry
movieSteppin' in Society
1945 · Penelope Webster
movieChristmas Holiday
1944 · Valerie de Merode
movieMinstrel Man
1944 · Mae White
movieNobody's Darling
1943 · Eve Hawthorne
movieThe Crystal Ball
1943 · Madame Zenobia
movieThe Hard Way
1943 · Lily Emery
movieThe Maltese Falcon
1941 · Iva Archer
movieHit the Road
1941 · Molly Ryan
movieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Elsie
movieThe Way of All Flesh
1940 · Anna Kriza
movieThe House Across the Bay
1940 · Mary Bogel
movieA Child is Born
1939 · Florette Laverne
movieThe Roaring Twenties
1939 · Panama Smith
movieHere I Am a Stranger
1939 · Clara Paulding
movieI'm from Missouri
1939 · Julie Bliss
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · Mme. du Barry
movieLove Is a Headache
1938 · Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
movieMadame X
1937 · Jacqueline Fleuriot / Miss Pran / Madame X
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self
movieThey Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Rose Duffy
movieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Carrie Snyder
movieStraight Is the Way
1934 · Shirley
movieThe House That Jazz Built
1921 · Lila Drake
movieThe Easy Road
1921 · Isabel Grace
movieBelow the Surface
1920 · Alice
movieThe Woman in the Suitcase
1920 · Ethel
movieRed Hot Dollars
1919 · Janet Muir